Prayagraj: A large number of social media users booked or arrested for allegedly uploading deragotary/inflammatory posts during the lockdown were found using fake IDs to create accounts on these social networking websites, according to police cybercell data.
Most of these posts involved the accused using inflammatory and vulgar remarks to hurt the sentiments a community or circulating fake news.
According to Prayagraj police’s cybercrime unit, 20 men have been arrested between March 23 and April 23 for posting inflammatory content on social media using fake IDs in districts comprising Prayagraj range — Prayagraj, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur and Kaushambi. Their accounts were later blocked. IG (Prayagraj range) KP Singh said, “A total of 56 cases were registered between March 23 and April 23 against those found using derogatory language against communities and political figures. Over 50% of them were found using fake details to create an account on social networking websites. Police managed to arrested 20 men on the charges of uploading derogatory remarks \ photos \ comments on social media. Of these 15 persons were arrested in Prayagraj, three in Pratapgarh and, one each in Kaushambi and Fatehpur.”
The 56 FIRs were lodged under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 295 A (malicious acts intended to outrage religious feeling of any class insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 65 and 66 of the Information Technology (IT) Act with different police stations in the range. While highest 43 FIRs were registered in Prayagraj district followed by Pratapgarh (6), Fatehpur (4) and Kaushambi (3).
SSP (Prayagraj) Satyarth Anirudh Pankaj said, “We have lodged 43 cases with different police stations of the city against those who had allegedly uploaded derogatory content or videos about the novel coronavirus outbreak and the lockdown enforced following the pandemic in past one month” He said that 15 persons have been arrested for the crime so far.
Most of these posts involved the accused using inflammatory and vulgar remarks to hurt the sentiments a community or circulating fake news.
According to Prayagraj police’s cybercrime unit, 20 men have been arrested between March 23 and April 23 for posting inflammatory content on social media using fake IDs in districts comprising Prayagraj range — Prayagraj, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur and Kaushambi. Their accounts were later blocked. IG (Prayagraj range) KP Singh said, “A total of 56 cases were registered between March 23 and April 23 against those found using derogatory language against communities and political figures. Over 50% of them were found using fake details to create an account on social networking websites. Police managed to arrested 20 men on the charges of uploading derogatory remarks \ photos \ comments on social media. Of these 15 persons were arrested in Prayagraj, three in Pratapgarh and, one each in Kaushambi and Fatehpur.”
The 56 FIRs were lodged under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 295 A (malicious acts intended to outrage religious feeling of any class insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 65 and 66 of the Information Technology (IT) Act with different police stations in the range. While highest 43 FIRs were registered in Prayagraj district followed by Pratapgarh (6), Fatehpur (4) and Kaushambi (3).
SSP (Prayagraj) Satyarth Anirudh Pankaj said, “We have lodged 43 cases with different police stations of the city against those who had allegedly uploaded derogatory content or videos about the novel coronavirus outbreak and the lockdown enforced following the pandemic in past one month” He said that 15 persons have been arrested for the crime so far.
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